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This year, it falls on Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m ET, to be precise. On the summer solstice, when the northern tilt is closest to the sun, we have the longest day, usually June 20 or 21.
Here are some sunrise and sunset times in December leading up to the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year: ... Dec. 21 (winter solstice): Sunrise is 7:40 a.m. and sunset is 5:14 p.m.
In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21 or 22) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 20 or 21). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on which it occurs.
No, the winter solstice is not earlier this year. There is a reason sunsets start getting later even before Dec. 21.
The December-solstice solar year is the solar year based on the December solstice. It is thus the length of time between adjacent December solstices. The length of the December-solstice year has been relatively stable between 6000 BC and AD 2000, in the range of 49 minutes 30 seconds to 50 minutes in excess of 365 days 5 hours.
Everywhere around the world during the equinoxes (March 20/21 and September 22/23) except for the poles, the sun rises due east and sets due west. In the Northern Hemisphere, the equinox sun peaks in the southern half (about halfway up from the horizon at mid latitude) of the sky, while in the Southern Hemisphere, that sun peaks in the northern ...
By December, sunrise will be around 7 a.m. and sunset around 5 p.m. for a 10-hour day. Christmas: On Dec. 25, sunrise is around 7:20 a.m. and sunset around 5:10 p.m.
A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.Two solstices occur annually, around 20–22 June and 20–22 December.